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Eleanor

Black diamond Grand Targhee, WY

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical1,675 ft
Length4,417 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesSW
Top9,533 ft

Eleanor drops 1,675 vertical feet over 4,417 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 2,160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces southwest.

How well Eleanor holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 23°, Eleanor gets about 140% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,530 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Eleanor profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Eleanor elsewhere

Nearby at Grand Targhee

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.